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CEOs' pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alphabet and Microsoft, data shows (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1125959

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What will I take for workers to take action against stuff like this?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Scarcity of food.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Then they will just fight against each other for the remaining food... probably while their corporate overlords find ways to market the fights.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, if there was food hoarded by the wealthy, I'd agree with you. But I'm not sure. Much like storming the Bastille, it'd be more symbolic than anything.

Billionaires have a big number on a piece of paper, but they don't really have anything of value to a revolution, so I think most of them would just end up on the street like anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I think their comment was more about how those content with bread and circuses will tolerate a lot more abuse in other ways to avoid risk losing those things. When doing nothing is punished by the stick of death, the other sticks seem a lot less intimidating.